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Tall tale, Honest, sarge, he was 26 feet tall, Metro police Constable Jim McAleer might report after looking up in amazement at Mike Onciul, who, atop(...)
Tall tale, Honest, sarge, he was 26 feet tall, Metro police Constable Jim McAleer might report after looking up in amazement at Mike Onciul, who, atop(...)

Tall tale, Honest, sarge, he was 26 feet tall, Metro police Constable Jim McAleer might report after looking up in amazement at Mike Onciul, who, atop(...)

Date5/8/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tall tale; Honest; sarge; he was 26 feet tall; Metro police Constable Jim McAleer might report after looking up in amazement at Mike Onciul; who; atop 20-foot stilts; was publicizing the Shrine circus yesterday.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014956F
Beware of tilts when you walk on stilts, The trouble with walking on stilts is that you have to learn to control two pairs of legs: your own and a woo(...)
Beware of tilts when you walk on stilts, The trouble with walking on stilts is that you have to learn to control two pairs of legs: your own and a woo(...)
8/7/1989
Beware of tilts when you walk on stilts, The trouble with walking on stilts is that you have to learn to control two pairs of legs: your own and a woo(...)
Beware of tilts when you walk on stilts, The trouble with walking on stilts is that you have to learn to control two pairs of legs: your own and a woo(...)
8/7/1989
Beware of tilts when you walk on stilts, The trouble with walking on stilts is that you have to learn to control two pairs of legs: your own and a woo(...)
Beware of tilts when you walk on stilts, The trouble with walking on stilts is that you have to learn to control two pairs of legs: your own and a woo(...)
8/7/1989
Long-legged Sandpiper
Long-legged Sandpiper
1836
Long-legged Avocet
Long-legged Avocet
1836
Eight Feet, Two Inches tall, Don Koehler, left, of Chicago, chats with Jim Gellatly, head of the Materials Handling Show at the International Centre. (...)
Eight Feet, Two Inches tall, Don Koehler, left, of Chicago, chats with Jim Gellatly, head of the Materials Handling Show at the International Centre. (...)
9/27/1976
Police Chief Harold Adamson, 6 feet 2 1/2 inches tall and weighing 210 pounds, models navy and white birds-eye knit suit from George Richards Kingsize Clothes
Police Chief Harold Adamson, 6 feet 2 1/2 inches tall and weighing 210 pounds, models navy and white birds-eye knit suit from George Richards Kingsize Clothes
7/26/1972
Athol Layton, wrestler and television commentator who stands 6 feet 6 inches tall, enjoys wearing a colorful houndstooth check jacket with slightly flared pants
Athol Layton, wrestler and television commentator who stands 6 feet 6 inches tall, enjoys wearing a colorful houndstooth check jacket with slightly flared pants
7/26/1972
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
12/29/1977
Symbolic silo: Sitting 75 feet tall, 315 feet from Chatham Airport's western approach, it's farmer Walker's big weapon against progress
Symbolic silo: Sitting 75 feet tall, 315 feet from Chatham Airport's western approach, it's farmer Walker's big weapon against progress
5/31/1981
Defying icy roads, bitter iwnds and the longest highway in the world since he left Vancouver Jan. 7, adventurer Mike Flynn is cycling across Canada because it is there. The tall, 32-year-old cyclist from Niagara Falls is also zooming across the country -
Defying icy roads, bitter iwnds and the longest highway in the world since he left Vancouver Jan. 7, adventurer Mike Flynn is cycling across Canada because it is there. The tall, 32-year-old cyclist from Niagara Falls is also zooming across the country -
2/14/1983
Over-size drama: Above, floor lamp in George Bartello's living room is the largest in the world. Designed by Gaetano Pesce, it's eight feet tall and weighs over 500 pounds. Bartello, above, had it flown from Italy to stand over his grand piano.
Over-size drama: Above, floor lamp in George Bartello's living room is the largest in the world. Designed by Gaetano Pesce, it's eight feet tall and weighs over 500 pounds. Bartello, above, had it flown from Italy to stand over his grand piano.
11/2/1982